Pink Flamingos [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Pink Flamingos [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Waters Cast: Divine
Divine
, Mary Vivian Pearce
Mary Vivian Pearce
, Mink Stole
Mink Stole
, Danny Mills
Danny Mills
John Waters
Pink Flamingos [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Pink Flamingos [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: John Waters Cast: Divine
Divine
, Mary Vivian Pearce
Mary Vivian Pearce
, Mink Stole
Mink Stole
, Danny Mills
Danny Mills
John Waters

Blu-ray (Subtitled)

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Overview

Renegade filmmaker and noted aficionado of expressive bad taste John Waters exploded into international infamy with this darkly comic, no-budget parade of the perverse (his third feature film, and first in color), in which plus-size cross-dresser Divine stars as Babs Johnson, a flashy criminal on the lam from the FBI who is hiding out in a trailer outside of Baltimore, MD. Accompanying Babs are her mother (Edith Massey), an obese and dim-witted woman who is malignly obsessed with eggs; her degenerate son, Crackers (Danny Mills); and Cotton (Mary Vivian Pierce), Babs' duplicitous "traveling companion" and Crackers' co-conspirator in unwholesome erotic play. While Babs would prefer to be left in peace, she takes great pride in her status as "the Filthiest Person Alive" (an honor confirmed by one of America's sleazier tabloid newspapers), and when Connie and Raymond Marble (Mink Stole and David Lochary) announce their plans to take the title away from her, Babs is not about to stand idly by. The Marbles are a hateful couple who kidnap women, force their homosexual manservant, Channing (Channing Wilroy), to impregnate them, and sell the babies to lesbian couples found unfit for legal adoption; the Marbles then turn the profits back into pornography and narcotics trafficking. Impressive stuff, to be sure, but Babs is not about to take a back seat to anyone in a battle of filth, and when the Marbles throw down the gauntlet, Babs and her family retaliate in a no-holds-barred battle to determine who truly are "the Filthiest People Alive." Featuring murder, bestiality, rape, dismemberment, coprophagia, a dizzying variety of sexual perversions, and a performance of "Papa Oom Mow Mow" you will not soon forget, Pink Flamingos is nonetheless a comedy, and a surprisingly successful one; shot on a budget of only 12,000 dollars, the film has grossed close to ten million dollars around the world, and its success launched John Waters into a career as America's leading authority on poor taste.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/28/2022
UPC: 0715515273817
Original Release: 1972
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 1:32:00
Sales rank: 3,535

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Divine Divine/Babs Johnson
Mary Vivian Pearce Cotton
Mink Stole Connie Marble
Danny Mills Crackers
Edith Massey Miss Edie
Channing Wilroy Channing
Cookie Mueller Cookie,Noodles
Paul Swift The Egg Man
Susan Walsh Suzie, Blonde in Basement,Party Guest
David Lochary Raymond Marble
Linda Olgeirson Linda, Brunette in Basement
Elizabeth Coffey Transexual in Park
Margie Skidmore Brunette in Park,Delivery Boy
Berenica Cipcus Blonde in Park
Steve Waters Jogger
Pat Moran Patty Hitler (Party Guest In Nazi Uniform)
Pat LeFaiver First Lesbian
Jackie Sidel Party Guest
Julie Munshauer Party Guest
Steve Yeager Nat Curzan from "The Tattler"
Nancy Crystal Sandy Sandstone
George Figgs Bongo player
John Oden Onlooker
George Stoll Onlooker
David Gluck Onlooker
Margie Donnelly Onlooker
Iris Burman Party Guest,Party Guest
Don Blumberg Party Guest
Vince Peranio Musician at party,Party Guest
Bob Adams Police officer who gets shot
Mark Lazarus Officer
David Layman Party Guest
Caitriona Maloney Party Guest
Richard Keller Cab Driver
Charlie Swope Party Guest
Barry Golome Party Guest
Elia Katz Army Guy
Billy Davis Party Guest
Howard Gruber Party guest sniffing popper
Van Smith Guest at party in drag
Chuck Yeaton Deli clerk
Laurie Birnbaum Party Guest
Lenny Taylor Party Guest
Mark Isherwood Party Guest
Sandy Damm Party Guest
Alan Reese Party Guest,Party Guest
Cowboy Foulke Party Guest
David Sander Party Guest
Brigitte Grey Party Guest
John Herndon Party Guest
Ellis Clark Party Guest
Joe Wilepski Party Guest
Jimmy Hutzler Party Guest
Paul Landis Party Guest

Technical Credits
John Waters Director,Producer,Screenwriter
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